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Rethinking Maps

Posted in 01 What's A Map?, 04 Map-Making Tools, 09 Map Symbolization, 13 Multimedia Mapping, Deep Map Thoughts, Map Books, Map Cartoons, Map Police, tagged , , , , , , , , , on August 13, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Lukewarm off the presses, a tome chock full of lofty thoughts on maps and mapping. The blurb about Rethinking Maps, edited by Martin Dodge, Rob Kitchin, and Chris Perkins (Routledge 2009), sez: Maps are changing. They have become important and fashionable once more. Rethinking Maps brings together leading researchers to explore how maps are being [...]

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Flies on a Map

Posted in 01 What's A Map?, 09 Map Symbolization, Map Cartoons, Map History, tagged , , , , on April 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Don’t you think we’d better skidoo? They say this part of the map won’t be safe for big game this year.” Life, February 4, 1909

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Drawing Maps: Africa, ca. 1900

Posted in 02 Why Are You Making Your Map?, 04 Map-Making Tools, Map Cartoons, Map History, tagged , , , , , on October 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Drawing maps used to be a big part of the geography curriculum in the U.S. One guide for students, published in 1900, is Schutze’s Amusing Geography and System of Map Drawing by Lenore Schutze.  Tips for Africa, “The Skull” as Schutze sees it: 1. Cut a square into four smaller squares, and erase the southwest [...]

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A Weather Map of Billy’s Bed

Posted in 01 What's A Map?, 03 Mappable Data, Map Cartoons, Map History, tagged , , on January 22, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Deane Powell | Life | December 1, 1910

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